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This week President Clinton signed the National Highway Safety Bill. One of its provisions stops the Federal Government from threatening states that don't have a motorcycle helmet law. Discussions of whether or not to wear motorcycle helmets are controversial and Daniel uses the issue to examine the issue of public safety versus personal freedom.

Classical music critic LLOYD SCHWARTZ reviews an exhibition of paintings by the 17th century Dutch painter Vermeer.

Linda talks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC's Wide World of Sports. The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Dallas Cowboys this weekend in the NFC Championship Game while the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC title. Robin reviews the two match-ups and discusses the Australian Open.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that researchers at Stanford University have proposed a new theory for why we sleep. Although many theories have been put forth in the past to explain the purpose of sleep, none has been proven. The new theory proposes that sleep is necessary to replenish energy supplies for brain cells.

NPR'S MIKE SHUSTER SPEAKS WITH SCOTT ABOUT PRESIDENT CLINTON'S VISIT WITH U-S TROOPS IN BOSNIA.

THE POLICY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN CALIFORNIA'S STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ENDED QUIETLY THIS MONTH. BUT ABOLISHING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A TREND. NOR DOES IT HAVE VIGOROUS SUPPORT. NPR'S CLAUDIO SANCHEZ LOOKS AT THE FUTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EDUCATION.

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2: Former Executive Editor of The New York Times JAMES RESTON. He died this week at the age of 86, from cancer. He spent fifty years with The New York Times. He began as a reporter in London in 1940, covering the war. He was also Washington bureau chief, executive editor, and columnist. He retired in 1989 at the age of 80. In 1991 he wrote a new memoir, called Deadline (Random House). (REBROADCAST from 10

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reporst on yesterday's debate between epublican presidential candidates in Iowa. Many predicted the candidates would ang up on front-runner Bob Dole, but the harshest attacks were aimed at Malcolm orbes.

Composer Wendy Mae Chambers brings her toy piano into the tudio for a "performance chat" with host Liane Hansen. Her latest recording is A Mass for Mass Trombones", 77 Trombones playing in New York's Cathedral of St. ohn the Divine. (Centaur Records CRC 2263).

FROM CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE ERIC WESTERVELT REPORTS ON HOW THE EARLY FLOOD OF TELEVISION CAMPAIGN ADS IN THAT STATE MIGHT EFFECT THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.

THIS WEEK MARKED THE 75TH BIRTHDAY OF RADIO STATION KDKA IN PITTSBURGH. MANY BELIEVE THE STATION AIRED THE FIRST DOCUMENTED COMMERCIAL BROADCAST.